FINZI: Intimations of Immortality. Cello Concerto. In Terra Pax. A Severn Rhapsody. Introit. Nocturne (New Year Music). Prelude. Three Soliloquies. Romance. The Fall of the Leaf. Farewell to Arms. Two Milton Sonnets. Let Us Garlands Bring.

wswebmaster on November 28, 2018

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality. Ian Partridge, tenor; Guildford Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley. LYRITA SRCS 75 FINZI: A Severn Rhapsody. Introit. Nocturne (New Year Music). Prelude. Three Soliloquies. Romance. The Fall of the Leaf. London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. …

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality; Grand Fantasia and Toccata.

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality; Grand Fantasia and Toccata. Philip Langridge, tenor; Philip Fowke, piano; Richard Hickox conducting the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI CDC7 49913-2 [DDDJ; 60:57. Produced by Brain B. Culverhouse. The verdict on this recent …

Picks of the Year: 1997

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

We read that the classical record business is in bad shape.  This is most unfortunate; but from the standpoint of the serious music lover, there has never been such a wide range of repertoire available—and so well performed and so superbly …

Picks of the Year: 1991

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

I was absolutely captivated by Dawn Upshaw’s recital of 20th-century vocal music reviewed in 14:4, p. 445), and I can’t imagine anyone reacting otherwise. Ernest Bloch’s two piano quintets are among his masterpieces, but have never been paired on recording …

FINZI: Eclogue. BRIDGE: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Lament. An Irish Melody. Two Entr’actes. Two Old English Songs. Sir Roger de Coverley. PARRY: An English Suite.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FINZI: Eclogue. BRIDGE: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Lament.   An Irish Melody. Two Entr’actes. Two Old English Songs. Sir Roger de Coverley. PARRY: An English Suite. William Boughton conducting the English String Orchestra; Martin Jones, piano. NIMBUS NI-5366 [DDD]; 70:31. During the …

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude – Richard Hickox, cond; City of London Sinfonia; Tasmin Little (vn); John Mark Ainsley (ten) – CHANDOS CHAN-9888 (54:34) The many admirers of the music of Gerald Finzi will need no urging from me that acquisition …

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality. Dies Natalis

wswebmaster on November 17, 2018

FINZI:  Intimations of Immortality.  Dies Natalis.  Matthew Best conducting the Corydon Singers and Orchestra; John Mark Ainsley, tenor.  HYPERION CDA66876 [DDD]; 66:55.  Produced by Joanna Gamble, Nick Flower, and Mark Brown. When the exceedingly euphonious music of English composer Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) first became available …